Piers Akerman – Thursday,January 03,2013 (5:39pm)

SHARK attacks and bushfires, fireworks on the Harbour, the so-called silly season has us in its grip and along with the cicadas, out come the ridiculous old, and not-so-old, buggers to make that point.

AUSTRALIA plans to join Europe in a renewed and binding pledge to reduce emissions under the Kyoto treaty, Climate Change Minister Greg Combet said on Friday before leaving later this month for negotiations in Doha, Qatar…

“While Australia is doing our fair share, we expect the same from others,” he said. “The Kyoto Protocol is not enough on its own. It will cover less than 15 percent of global greenhouse-gas emissions and only from developed countries."…

Besides agreeing to an extended commitment to the 1997 Kyoto treaty, the EU and Australia are holding out the possibility of making greater pledges to cut emissions to encourage similar global action…

Combet defended Australia’s move to begin pricing carbon in July and to start a cap-and-trade system in 2015. About 3 billion people may live in a place using cap and trade either nationwide or in one of its jurisdiction by 2020, he said.

“Paying for pollution is no longer the exception,” Combet said. “It’s a global reality.”

Let’s check how we’ll we’ve succeeded in encouraging other countries to join in renewing their Kyoto commitment to cut emissions:

The U.N. climate summit here in Cancun, Mexico, has been consumed this past week over Japan’s announcement at one of the opening plenary sessions that they would not renew their emission reduction pledges under the Kyoto Protocol once the first round of required carbon cuts expire in 2012.

Russia decided to discontinue its participation in the protocol because the world’s major producers of greenhouse gases – the United States, China and India – are still refusing to commit themselves to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

I don’t think this policy of wowing the world with our sacrifices is working. Do you?

And seeing how our efforts will make no difference to the climate, shouldn’t the government be more concerned to save us money and jobs?

Tim Blair – Thursday,January 03,2013 (2:38pm)

Tim Blair – Thursday,January 03,2013 (1:44pm)

Families Minister Jenny Macklin’s first mistake was her failure to correct the question’s flawed premise.

Asked at a press conference if she could live on the dole, the minister eventually said that she could.

Instead, Ms Macklin should have pointed out that the dole is not intended to provide a living wage. It’s a bridging allowance in an economy with just over 5 per cent unemployment …

Still, let’s take the Families Minister at her word. Perhaps she really can live on the dole.

But for how long?

Jenny Macklin currently gets by on a $328,698 annual cabinet minister’s salary plus expenses that for the first six months of 2012 ran to $290,172. That works out to an average daily expense to taxpayers of $2490.

By contrast, the dole provides $35 per day. At her current rate, that would keep Families Minister Jenny Macklin going for just 20 minutes.

Mr Rudd - former diplomat and China expert - told the Herald yesterday he intended to use Australia’s new position as a member of the Kyoto club to “bridge the gap” between developed and developing countries on future emissions controls.

Tim Blair – Thursday,January 03,2013 (1:23am)

David Thompson harvests leftist wisdom. As a commenter says: “Once, these sorts of statements were protected by doctor/patient confidentiality.”

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Hi everyone, and Happy New Year! Here's the MichelleMalkin.com newsletter for January 2nd. Enjoy!

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President Obama will kick off the new year the same way that he kicked off the old year: by demanding that the wealthy pay their “fair share” in taxes. But while millions of small business owners, struggling entrepreneurs, inventors, and investors brace for a double whammy of fiscal cliff tax hikes and new Obamacare taxes, the class warrior-in-chief’s richest pals are getting a pass...

While President Obama is taking credit for saving the middle class from tax increases, what isn’t being trumpeted across the land is that the Biden/McConnell deal did not include an extension of the payroll tax cut...

The fiscal cliff package has passed the House. Final vote 257 to 167 (according to Fox News). 85 Republicans voted yes, along with 170 Dems. Among Republicans, Eric Cantor voted no, and Paul Ryan and John Boehner voted in favor...

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